Bashar Resan signs two-year extension with Persepolis

Tasnim – TEHRAN, Persepolis midfielder Bashar Resan has signed a two-year contract extension to extend his stay with the Iran Professional League champion until the end of the 2020-21 season, the club said.

The 23-year-old midfielder joined Persepolis from Iraqi football team Al-Quwa Al-Jawiyain in July 2017 with a two-year contract.

Resan had been reportedly linked with a move to Persepolis archrival Esteghlal in recent days.

He was a member of Iraq national football team in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, where the Lions of Mesopotamia lost to Qatar 1-0 in the quarter-finals.